Objectives: SWBAT
-connect last week’s topic with this week’s topic.
-Identify what we already know about the Supreme Court.
-Create a list of questions we still have about the Supreme Court. Connection · The Supreme Court must deal with these Arizona laws. · If the state courts cannot solve it then it goes to the Supreme Court. · Made up of 9 judges. · Mother of all courts.
Podcast · Gives anyone the right to sue if the law isn’t enforced. · Distraction from larger issues. · The Supreme Court decides if a law is constitutional and they are deciding if the Arizona law justifies the 14th amendment. · Obama and the Federal government are questioning the constitutionality of the Arizona law. Vocabulary Terms · Precedent –noun: a prior court case having similar characteristics that can be used to solve a current court case. How is precedent used? · Chief Justice – The head of Supreme Court, who makes the final decision. Who is the current Chief Justice? How is the Chief Justice chosen? · Conservative/liberal – moral beliefs of the two political parties: republican and democratic. Conservatives keep tradition and stick to the constitution. Liberals are open minded. · Confirmation hearing – a meeting to confirm make the final decision A process to confirm if a person can be a chief of justice. · Majority Opinion – conclusion of the multiple opinions on a topic. The preferred opinion of a group. Does the opinion turn into a vote? 9 Judges Supreme Court: what I already know and what I want to know What I know · There is one chief justices and 8 other Judges · The Supreme Court has the final say in a law that cannot be solved with a state court. · The supreme court is the most powerful courts · President nominates a chief justice.
What I want to know · When was the first Supreme Court made and why was it made? · Are there any laws that a supreme court can’t touch? · What are the powers of the Chief Justice? He only gets 1 vote? · Does the supreme court try to create diversity to prevent bias. · What are the qualifications to be in the Supreme Court? · Is there a balance of democratic and republicans · Do justices consider the opinions of the people? What do they consider? · What was the most current Supreme Court case? Is the BP oil spill a Supreme Court case? · How many women have served on the Supreme Court?
How do conservatives and liberal roles play out in supreme court?
We used tokbox and it was kind of a FAIL, because there was a lot of technical issues with connection, video and sound. Since we didn't get it working too long we didn't have time to share much. I only learned a little about John G. Roberts, the current Chief Justice. We tried getting mutliple people on tokbox at once but it just made things worse.
I think it can be used in schools in the future if it didn't lag and have so many problems. In my personal life, I would personally download a better video chat program because of the better quality. However tokbox is convenient for those who can't or do not want to download and install a program, because it can be accessed right on the website. Since it is all on one website and everyone is on at the same time it becomes very slow and laggy.
Supreme Court Wiki
Objectives: SWBAT
-connect last week’s topic with this week’s topic.
-Identify what we already know about the Supreme Court.
-Create a list of questions we still have about the Supreme Court.
Connection
· The Supreme Court must deal with these Arizona laws.
· If the state courts cannot solve it then it goes to the Supreme Court.
· Made up of 9 judges.
· Mother of all courts.
Podcast
· Gives anyone the right to sue if the law isn’t enforced.
· Distraction from larger issues.
· The Supreme Court decides if a law is constitutional and they are deciding if the Arizona law justifies the 14th amendment.
· Obama and the Federal government are questioning the constitutionality of the Arizona law.
Vocabulary Terms
· Precedent –noun: a prior court case having similar characteristics that can be used to solve a current court case. How is precedent used?
· Chief Justice – The head of Supreme Court, who makes the final decision. Who is the current Chief Justice? How is the Chief Justice chosen?
· Conservative/liberal – moral beliefs of the two political parties: republican and democratic. Conservatives keep tradition and stick to the constitution. Liberals are open minded.
· Confirmation hearing – a meeting to confirm make the final decision A process to confirm if a person can be a chief of justice.
· Majority Opinion – conclusion of the multiple opinions on a topic. The preferred opinion of a group. Does the opinion turn into a vote? 9 Judges
Supreme Court: what I already know and what I want to know
What I know
· There is one chief justices and 8 other Judges
· The Supreme Court has the final say in a law that cannot be solved with a state court.
· The supreme court is the most powerful courts
· President nominates a chief justice.
What I want to know
· When was the first Supreme Court made and why was it made?
· Are there any laws that a supreme court can’t touch?
· What are the powers of the Chief Justice? He only gets 1 vote?
· Does the supreme court try to create diversity to prevent bias.
· What are the qualifications to be in the Supreme Court?
· Is there a balance of democratic and republicans
· Do justices consider the opinions of the people? What do they consider?
· What was the most current Supreme Court case? Is the BP oil spill a Supreme Court case?
· How many women have served on the Supreme Court?
How do conservatives and liberal roles play out in supreme court?
Closing
7/13/10
We used tokbox and it was kind of a FAIL, because there was a lot of technical issues with connection, video and sound. Since we didn't get it working too long we didn't have time to share much. I only learned a little about John G. Roberts, the current Chief Justice. We tried getting mutliple people on tokbox at once but it just made things worse.
I think it can be used in schools in the future if it didn't lag and have so many problems. In my personal life, I would personally download a better video chat program because of the better quality. However tokbox is convenient for those who can't or do not want to download and install a program, because it can be accessed right on the website. Since it is all on one website and everyone is on at the same time it becomes very slow and laggy.